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Tech puts needs of impoverished Kenyans on the map

How tech is putting the needs of impoverished Kenyans on the map

08/03/2018

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Tech puts needs of impoverished Kenyans on the map

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How tech is putting the needs of impoverished Kenyans on the map

At least 50 percent of Nairobi's population lives in slums, yet until a few years ago, many busy neighborhoods were blank spaces on official maps. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya on the ways mapping technology is bringing needed services to some of the poorest people on the continent.

08/03/2018

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